Whip and line lock.



PATENTED APR. 18,1905.

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WHIP AND LINE LOOK.

APPLICATION I'ILED- MAB. 7,1904. nmwnwsn r513. 27. 1906.

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PATENT OFFICE.

WHIP AND LINE LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 787,782, dated April 18, 1905. Application filed March 7, 1904.. Renewed February 27, 1905. Serial No. 247,498.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BLAIR MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Whip and Line Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to means for holding a whip as well as reins or lines against withdrawal or removal from a vehicle, the object of the invention being to provide a single article for this double purpose which will be cheap and easy of manufacture-and eflicient in its operation In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, showing a dashboard equipped with a lock embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1, the whip being in section.

Referring now to the drawings there is shown the dashboard 5 of the vehicle, to which is secured the usual whip-socket 6, the upper end of which lies below the upper edge of the dashboard.

The present lock comprises an attachingbracket including a plate 7, from which rise the uprights 8 and 9, the bracket being secured to the inner face of the dashboard by means of bolts 10 or in any other suitable manner.

Upon the upper ends of the uprights 8 and 9.

is mounted a plate 10, which forms one jaw of a line-clamp, said plate projecting at both ends beyond the uprights. In connection with the jaw 10 is employed a plate including a portion 11, which lies above the plate 10 and forms a second clamping-jaw, between which and the jaw 10 the Iines are clamped. From one end of the portion 11 the second plate extends downwardly, as shown at 12, at an obtuse angle and through an opening 13 in the plate 10, and then extends laterally, as shown at 14, the portion 14 being parallel with the portion 11 and terminating in a horizontal jaw 15, which is arc-shaped to engage part way around the whip 16 when the latter is in the socket 6. With the construction-and arrangement of these two plates it will be seen that if the jaw 11 be moved downwardly in the direction of the plate or jaw 10 the diagonal portion 12 in its passage through the opening 13 will urge the portions 11 and 14 laterally to impinge the jaw 15 against the whip 16 and press the latter against the jaw 17, carried by the arm 18, so that the whip will be held securely against movement from the socket, and, conversely, if the portions 14 and 11 be moved laterally in the direction of the whip the portion 11 will be moved also downwardly to clamp the reins 19 between it and the jaw or plate 10.

At the rear end of the plate 10 is a casing 20, containing a-lock mechanism, and the corresponding end of the jaw 11 has a depending finger 21, which lies in the casing and which is held by the lock mechanism against movement. Thus after the parts have been adjusted to lock the whip and lines the lockmechanism may be operated to hold the parts in such positions.

What is claimed is 1. A combined whip and line lock comprising a whip-holding jaw, a line-holding jaw, a member comprising a jaw disposed to cooperate with the whip-holding jaw and a jaw disposed to cooperate with the line-holding jaw, and means for holding said member with the jaws in active position.

2. A combined whip and line lock comprising a fixed whip-holding jaw, a fixed line-holding jaw, a member comprising a whip-holding jaw. a line-holding jaw and a diagonal portion connecting them, said diagonal portion being slidably engaged through a portion of the fixed line-holding jaw, for movement of said member with its jaws laterally when its lineholding jaw is moved in the direction of the fixed line-holding jaw and means for holding said member with its jaws in active positions. In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two \vltnesses.

BLAIR MOORE.

Witnesses:

M. M. WEI-INER, JAMES J. GILMORE. 

